Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1887-07-27
HINES n MINING.
Developments and Progress Made in
Some Of h Good Properties IN the
Neighb0rhood.
THE BLUE BIRD

Neighborhood.
THE BLUE BIRD
is still ct a depth OF 400 feet, not having
sunk any further since attaining that
depth. The crosscut was run across the
ledge in order to determine whether there
was another ledge close at hand or not, al
the surface indicated. The original Blue
east drift is being pushed by five men on
eight-hour shifts, making fifteen miners al
work on that part OF the 400 level. One
hundred cars of ore are hoisted per day,
sometimes lis, which ore ia taken from all
the levels. though most of the first class
comes from the 300. The best ore is yet in
the mine. A No. 10 Cameron pump on the
400 and 0 keeps the mine entirely free OF
water easily. The largest stulls in use in
this camp are being used here more than
formerly at this mine. but square sets are
used in the drifts. Thu pumps aresupplied
with q four-inch pipe. The miners at work
here are said to be principally Italians.
Henry Binke, the genial foreman. runs the
house formerly known as the Edwards
Hotel, at the lower end of Burlington, and
there most OF the miners hold out
THE CHAMPION.
"A I0ASC OOOy " wdtCA hd6 u
tered on the 2OO.foot level of this mine, and
it is reported to have flooded the pumps.
The boiler is said to be too small to cope
with the work for it to perform. The COM
pany have been doing the best they could
with the inadequate machinery now on
hand, but last evening it could not be
learned whether they had succeeded in
starting the pumps up again or not.
THE NETTIE
has been shut down for the last four days.
There is now a large supply of ore on the
dumps which has given rise to the rumor
that the mine will remain idle for an in.
definite time; or until the ore at present on
the dump is consumed. This ore is re- |
duced at the Colorado Smelter.
THE Butte REDUCTION
rave been running only the big blast fur
mace. Their calciners having been shut
down for a long time, considerable oreis be-
ing put through the big furnace only. Ore
at present is being received from the Grey
Eagle and some little from the Liquidator.
Most of the ore reduced is received from
outside camps.
NOTES.
Through the courtesy OF Superintendent
Gates, a representative OF THE MINER paid
a visit to the Hope yesterday. Messrs.
Owen and Merrigan received the reporter
and showed him all through the workings.
Descending to the 200 level the party went
through the drifts north and south. They
are going to sink another hundred feet, and
the prospects ahead are aattering.
The Burlington at present is only work.
ing two men N a shift prospecting. The
day before yesterday the first ore was
brought up that has been hoisted for some ,
time. The pumps are kept steadily at
|,
Attn west end OF the Ore OF Butte they I
are down forty feet and sinking a winze in |
the west drift. The ledge is about three feet /
thick and will mill about As ounces per
ton.
Mr.. Couch will place teu or twelve men at q
work at once to clean up drifts and place t
things in readiness for employing a larger t
'orce at the Colusa at Meaderville at once. +
The work of enlarging the shaft of the il
View was begun yesterday. They Ii
will at the top and work down. .
. Shell Thompson and Dave Murphy leave O
ibis morning on a prospecting tour through n
'ut Idaho Territory. a